Four of the most popular Chinese news applications have been suspended. The regulators’ major drive for this was that the news apps were distributing ‘fake’ and ‘vulgar’ content to their users. In line with China’s constant efforts for content regulation, the country’s government has strengthened the Great Chinese Firewall by …

A series of billboards questioning the status quo and chastising world leaders has appeared on Google Street View, which then the internet giant promptly removed. The billboards were made in a campaign to combat censorship and promote freedom of speech and expression. The Swedish subdivision of “Reporters Without Borders” worked …

Turkey continues its Twitter censorship after last year. According to Twitter’s latest transparency report, Turkey and Russia have issued the overwhelming chunk of takedown requests for the site’s content. From June to December of 2017, there have been a total of 513 court orders to remove content on the social …

Even though China has banned all virtual private network services in the country on the 31st of March, the regulation has not come into practical effect. Such services report that users in China are still able to connect to them without any difficulties. Strengthening the Great Firewall China currently blocks …

Top security software company warns users to be wary of services offering free VPN, as there is a high risk that they include cryptocurrency mining scripts. Kaspersky Lab has unveiled that such services often tend to utilize the users’ device to for cryptocurrency mining. Due to the recent boom and …

The impending Brexit move means UK citizens will only enjoy the new law for one year. The new law allows users to watch content without the use of any VPNs. Brexit has been on the run for a while now with several details of Britain’s impending exit still showing up. …

At least 20 percent of studied VPNs were said to be leaking the IP addresses of their clients. The news is worrisome as users rely on VPNs to do investigative journalism and in repressive states. VPNs are lauded for their ability to keep people’s data safe at all times. However, …

The device was created by Irish tech firm, InvizBox. It has several functions including ad blocking, WiFi extension and VPN services. VPNs have been widely successful in the modern era. From being used in repressive regimes, to Netflix, they have had a high level of success. So any new player …

Russian collusion with the Trump campaign The United States Presidential election in 2016 was a crazy time. Unthinkably, the DNC was hacked by a lone “hacktvist” looking to expose the Illuminati. Guccifer 2.0 claimed to be a lone actor based in Romania. He leaked emails to WikiLeaks that were siphoned …

The major problem with VPNs is that users have to trust the server they are on. Jigsaw, owned by Alphabet, is seeking to eliminate this worry. The firm, formerly Google Ideas, has released VPN software that will allow users to cloak themselves while operating on their own servers. The software …